Beato calls this “The WEIRDEST Pop Song Intro of All Time”...which it probably is but it’s also one of best Steely Dan tunes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaKhk5RFKRg
Beato’s commentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9sR7kdh_qs
Nice classic Blond telecaster.
Oh, and Rick is sporting his Blue les Paul they built for him, I think they are a cool $3500
My high school garage band tried to cover this, and we never got the intro right.
All these years later, Beato just rolls through and explains what we could never quite figure out. (The first riff doesn’t really relate to the two power chords that follow, it just “sounds cool”.)
Beato’s channel is a great time machine back to the 70’s, brings back lots of good times, and much insight to songs that I thought I knew well.
I like him
Genial
He seems to play guitar decent
I’m not a good judge
My watermelon cousin in San Fran who can actually play well
Player college regional bands and a stone tribute band in Bay Area for decades
He’s of course critical of these player commentator guys on you tube